William Darity Jr.
Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, Duke University
Chapter Member: North Carolina SSN
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Darity's research focuses on inequality by race, class and ethnicity, stratification economics, schooling and the racial achievement gap, North-South theories of trade and development, skin shade and labor market outcomes, the economics of reparations, the Atlantic slave trade and the Industrial Revolution, the history of economics, and the social psychological effects of exposure to unemployment.
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William Darity Jr. quoted on removal of controversial historical artwork by Jill Tucker, "School Board Faces Mural Dilemma: Free Speech or Racial Justice" San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 2019.
William Darity Jr.'s research on national reparations programs discussed by , "This Could Be the First Slavery Reparations Policy in America," Politico, April 9, 2019.
"‘Baby Bonds’ Could Help the U.S. Wealth Gap," William Darity Jr. (with ), Interview with Matthew Boesler, Bloomberg, April 5, 2019.
William Darity Jr. quoted on the racial wealth gap by Dwyer Gunn, "A Federal College Loan Program is Exacerbating the Racial Wealth Gap" Pacific Standard, May 18, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on a federal jobs guarantee by Katia Dmitrieva, "Leading Democrats are Backing One of the Most Radical Economic Plans in Years" Bloomberg, May 18, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on racial inequality discussed by , "Road to Zero Wealth Reaches Pod Save the People," Pod Save the People, May 16, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on black wealth discussed by , "Black Wealth from Kanye to Donald Glover: America's Decadent Veil," NewsMax, May 11, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on reparations by Anne Branigin, "Cynthia Nixon Catches Heat for Calling Cannabis Licenses in Black Community a ‘Form of Reparations’" The Root, May 8, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on the racial wealth gap by David Love, "Should the Kanye West MAGA Debacle Remind Black People That" Atlanta Black Star, May 6, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on America's racial wealth gap discussed by , "New Study Takes Aim at Debunking Old Myths about America’s Racial Wealth Gap," Think Progress, May 2, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on a federal jobs guarantee by David Dayen, "Whether American Can Afford a Job Guarantee Program is Not Up for Debate" The Intercept, April 30, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on a federal jobs guarantee by Gregory Krieg, "Why a 'federal jobs guarantee' is Gaining Steam with Democrats" CNN, April 26, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on a federal jobs guarantee by Gideon Resnick, "How Guaranteeing Jobs Became the Hot New Policy Priority for 2020 Dems" The Daily Beast, April 25, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on a federal jobs guarantee by Jonathan Chait, "Democrats are Rushing into a Job Guarantee. It Could be a Huge Mistake." New York Magazine, April 25, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on black-white wealth gap discussed by , "How to Reduce the Black-White Wealth Gap," Bloomberg View, April 23, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on homeownership and racial wealth inequality by Tanvi Misra, "Does Homeownership Really 'Drive' the Black-White Wealth Gap?" City Lab, April 20, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on a federal jobs guarantee by Dylan Matthews, "Cory Booker’s New Big Idea: Guaranteeing Jobs for Everyone Who Wants One" Vox, April 20, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted on reducing the racial wealth gap by Eshe Nelson, "Greater Homeownership isn’t the Answer to Ending Wealth Inequality" Quartz, April 19, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on , "What We Get Wrong about Closing the Racial Wealth Gap," Fortune, April 16, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted by Natalie Sherman, "A True Picture of US Black Jobless Figures" BBC News, February 2, 2018.
"Make Every Child a Trust Fund Baby," William Darity Jr. (with ), The News & Observer, January 18, 2018.
William Darity Jr. quoted by Vann R. Newkirk II, "Instead of Work Requirements, Why Not a Jobs Guarantee?" The Atlantic, January 14, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on , "This Proposal Would Give an Average of $20000 to Every Baby Born in the US," The Kansas City Star, January 11, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on universal trusts for US children discussed by , "There's a Serious Proposal to Give Babies Born in the United States $20,000 (or More)," Chicago Tribune, January 9, 2018.
on All Things Considered National Public Radio, William Darity Jr. (with ), January 9, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on , "There's a Serious Proposal to Give Babies Born in the United States $20000 (or More)," Washington Post, January 8, 2018.
William Darity Jr.'s research on federal job guarantee discussed by , "Back to Work," The New Republic, July 18, 2017.
William Darity Jr. quoted on a federal job guarantee by Annie Lowrey, "Should the Government Guarantee Everyone a Job?" The Atlantic, May 17, 2017.
Guest to discuss stratified economics on North Carolina Public Radio, William Darity Jr., April 10, 2017.
William Darity Jr.'s research on racial disparities in family wealth discussed by , "The Racialization of Academic Funding," Inside HigherEd, February 10, 2017.
William Darity Jr. quoted on whether or not Trump's proposals for helping poor and middle-class black Americans by Gillian B. White, "Black Wealth in the Age of Trump" The Atlantic, February 7, 2017.
Interview on how wealth is built in the United States William Darity Jr., Ways and Means Podcast, February 7, 2017.
"Why We Need a Federal Job Guarantee," William Darity Jr. (with ), Jacobin Magazine, Jacobin Magazine, February 4, 2017.
William Darity Jr.'s research on spreading the benefits of asset-ownership to all Americans discussed by , "Baby Bonds: A Plan for Black/White Wealth Equality Conservatives Could Love?," Institute for New Economic Thinking, October 25, 2016.
Guest to discuss the economic legacy of racism on New Economic Thinking, William Darity Jr., September 16, 2016.
William Darity Jr. quoted on discrimination in higher education and predominantly white workplaces by Monica Anderson, "Blacks with College Experience More Likely to Say They Faced Discrimination" Pew Research Center Fact Tank, July 27, 2016.
"A Guaranteed Federal Jobs Program is Needed," William Darity Jr., Opinion Pages, New York Times, July 11, 2016.
"Why Black Colleges and Universities Still Matter," William Darity Jr. (with ), The American Prospect, November 9, 2015.